Nan Yi patted her hand, "No, I'm leaving because I firmly believe he won't do anything to the Tong family. You can't. Your family is from a bondservant background. If he gets angry, it will implicate your father and mother. What will we do then?"
She took out a pre-written letter from the table next to her. "Give it to him. Out of consideration for our past relationship, he won't do anything to you. As soon as I leave, go and inform him. That will be a way for you to atone for your sins."
"But......"
"No buts. They can't catch me, girl. Take care." Nan Yi quickly changed his clothes, disguised himself as a commoner, walked to the window empty-handed, glanced at Yi Ren one last time, and resolutely left.
"master?"
The only response was the howling of the cold wind through the window.
Clutching the letter, she calculated the time her master would leave, straightened her clothes, took a breath, opened the door, feigned shock, ignored the knowing nanny Qiu and Qingyun at the door, and ran headlong into the master's study.
Su Peisheng knelt in the study, barely daring to breathe, his body trembling. He dared not dodge the teacup, booklet, and brush that his master was throwing at him.
Seeing that his master was about to throw away a stack of papers on the table, he fearlessly spoke up to stop him, "Master, those are Master Tong's papers."
Yinzhen paused his hand, which was raised halfway in the air, looked at it, slammed it on the desk, and sat down angrily. "After interrogating her for so long, you tell me she's dead, and there's no way to verify the truth? Ha, there's no evidence. I suspect she was guilty and therefore committed suicide."
Su Peisheng was so frightened that he immediately kowtowed and said, "Master, that's what I think too. I didn't use any severe torture. She suddenly died halfway through the interrogation. I'm afraid Consort Tong is really innocent. It was all that old nanny's doing."
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